Northrop Achieves Key Risk-Reduction Milestone for Unmanned Rotorcraft Program

Posted on: Sep. 15th, 2004 || Source: irconnect.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 15, 2004 -- During recent flight tests, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) successfully demonstrated key elements of the Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft (UCAR)'s autonomous vehicle management system, evaluating hardware and software that will allow the UCAR system to operate autonomously but in cooperation with manned and unmanned teams. The vehicle management system serves as the rotorcraft's functional "brain."

The UCAR program is funded jointly by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Army. Northrop Grumman is currently competing for Phase III of the program, which will include fabrication and testing of two UCAR demonstrator systems.

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